Topic: Game is at Rice

[BerkshireHerdFan]

http://www.conferenceusa.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/120113aac.html

[Bmoore21]

Everyone counted the chickens before they hatched, knew this was coming.

[svherd]

Utter damn (bleep)!!!!

Gawd I hope we beat the shot out of them.

[bbcard1]

I wouldn't write it off just yet as the CUSA article has a little wiggle room...but if it is at Rice I think there will be a lot less danger of our guys coming out flat.  I think they will be a piss off group of people with something to prove.

[Apollo]

I thought the tie breaker was BCS ranking????????? We're 20 spots higher so shouldn't it be here?????? What a joke, enjoy the 500 fans in attendance for TV CUSA.

[Sam-I-am]

Confused.  MU is ranked higher in the BSC standing released the last few minutes. 

MU 33  Rice 54

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/rankings/bcs

[herdfan429]

Confused.  MU is ranked higher in the BSC standing released the last few minutes. 

MU 33  Rice 54

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/rankings/bcs

Those aren't the official BCS rankings apparently

[IH8WVU]

This is some crap

"I worked with C-USA today on an extended BCS formula for breaking the tie between Marshall and Rice for home field advantage in the conference championship game," said Palm. "It doesn't match the formula I use for my ratings on CBSSports.com, which serve a different purpose, but I believe it was absolutely appropriate and fair."

So they basically changed the formula so Rice could host.

[goherd24]

Unbelievably bad for this conference. 50 fans in the stands and just making our conference look even more bush league. This is total (bleep)

[Collis P]

Confused.  MU is ranked higher in the BSC standing released the last few minutes. 

MU 33  Rice 54

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/rankings/bcs

IT  IS  CALLED  5.2  BILLION -  ENDOWMENT..................................................

[wferg]

If CUSA had any economic sense, the game would be in Huntington based on ticket sale potential.

Maybe CUSA is worried that Rice will get mad and leave.

[MU Rogue]

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/rankings/bcs

EXACTLY !!!  I, like every other Herd fan, have been waiting for these rankings to come out this evening.  Like everybody else, the BCS average says we are ranked higher than Rice......let me repeat, the BCS average...if we are playing at Rice...somebody needs to explain to me what I am missing....because all I am doing is going by what my lying eyes are showing me !!!

[whf]

Does anyone understand how the Computer numbers are generated? Is it Strength of Schedule only?  How does it work?  Apparently winning margin does not come into play.  Also, we didn't move up for beating a team at 31 last week, so the math model must be pretty favorable to overall body of work on SOS.

[HerdnClt]

This is friggin' ridiculous! I can't believe this has happened. No way is Rice in Marshall's class. Hope they enjoy the 10,000 fans and empty seats disguised on National tv . Totally weak! What happened to the BCS tiebreaker?

[GoHerd2010]

I'm totally shocked..... ???

[BipolarFan]

Like I said, if we would have taken care of business on the road better, we wouldn't have had to worry about this.

[muherdfan]

Unbelievable....Now Central Florida is playing Northern Illinois for national championship.  Same formula has Northern Illinois number 2.  LOL